Longtime Grateful Dead lyricist plans an evening in Red Bank

1:17 PM,
Sep. 25, 2013

Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter will perform on Oct. 1 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank.

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He's written lyrics that have resonated across generations and around the world. Now Robert Hunter, longtime lyricist for the Grateful Dead, is returning to the road, and he's scheduled to perform on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank.

Hunter joined the band in the fall of 1967, contributing lyrics to the legendary number "Dark Star." Over the years, Hunter wrote the words for a number of Dead tracks that left a permanent mark on worldwide global consciousness: "Uncle John's Band," "Friend of the Devil," "Eyes of the World," "Terrapin Station," "Shakedown Street," "Fire ...